Example 48-6

un buen lato

un

art.indf.sg

buen

good

lato

while

a good while = for some time, for a while

Spanish: un buen rato

Comment:

As in Spanish, adjective placement can have semantic consequences. In this example, postnominal placement would not mean the same thing, as it would imply contrastive meaning (i.e. a long rather than a short while).